UPDATE: The investigation of Sgt. Michael Tietjen is nearly complete. Last August, he ran his SUV onto a sidewalk full of protesters and referred to them as "cockroaches."
The last batch of rulings OPA released on 4/9 contained two sustained charges against him.
CW: Language, transphobia
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In case 2020OPA-0531, released earlier this month, Tietjen was riding in the same GMC Yukon used to run up on the sidewalk with some other officers when they taunted a transwoman by asking if she had a "dick" under her skirt.
Tietjen (NE#4) in this case was given a reprimand for a professionalism charge.
SCOOP: DivestSPD has now identified all six officers who attended the deadly Trump rally in DC on January 6th.
Cw: Violence
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By cross-referencing publicly available data with materials obtained through public records requests, DivestSPD researchers have uncovered the names of three additional officers—all sergeants—who went to the disastrous DC rally that left 5 dead and hundreds injured. (1/ )
One is K9 Acting Sergeant Jake Briskey.
Briskey has been named in five different successful civil rights lawsuits for excessive force and wrongful arrest. (2/)
Just want to update everyone on what went down and where we are. (THREAD)
1/21
We met with @SeattleFdn's CEO @tgmestres, Equity Advisor Alice Ito, Board Member and UW Dean of Undergrad Academic Affairs Ed Taylor, and several other employees of the foundation to present our demands, which are listed below:
2/21
1.) Divestment and reparation - Halt grants to the Seattle Police Foundation and invest $1.5m (2x the total amount granted to SPF) in repairing the harm caused by SPD, with a specific emphasis on funding community-led policing alternatives.